Information about the package, libv4l, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libv4l package is designed for, Collection of video4linux support libraries.
Package Name:
libv4l
Summary:
Collection of video4linux support libraries
Description:
libv4l is a collection of libraries which adds a thin abstraction layer on top of video4linux2 devices. The purpose of this (thin) layer is to make it easy for application writers to support a wide variety of devices without having to write separate code for different devices in the same class. libv4l consists of 3 different libraries: libv4lconvert, libv4l1 and libv4l2. libv4lconvert offers functions to convert from any (known) pixelformat to V4l2_PIX_FMT_BGR24 or V4l2_PIX_FMT_YUV420. libv4l1 offers the (deprecated) v4l1 API on top of v4l2 devices, independent of the drivers for those devices supporting v4l1 compatibility (which many v4l2 drivers do not). libv4l2 offers the v4l2 API on top of v4l2 devices, while adding for the application transparent libv4lconvert conversion where necessary.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.6.3
Release:
2.el6
Size:
103 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+ and GPLv2
Control the libv4l package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libv4l
This command will install libv4l on the server.
yum remove libv4l
This command will un-install libv4l on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libv4l, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libv4l
This command will un-install libv4l on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove libv4l when using the -y flag.
yum update libv4l
This command will update libv4l to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libv4l, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libv4l
This command will update libv4l to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove libv4l when using the -y flag.
yum info libv4l
This command will show you core information about the libv4l package.
yum deplist libv4l
This command will show you the dependencies for libv4l. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update libv4l
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libv4l. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.